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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This documentary illustrated and informative to educate and create social awareness on the life of Ostomates in India.
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Aug 7, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. A film about housing shows the work done by the Housingand Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) established in 1970. HUDCO has developed a scheme which aims at providing housing facilities to the people in lower income groups.
Topics: Developmental, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 9, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This documentary tells the story of a remote village in Purulia in eastern part of India. Crammed into a mini truck, a “Chhau Dancer’s “troupe (39 members), with large musical drums and delicate masks. Were travelling back to their village after a late night performance in nearby industrial town. The vehicle was speeding recklessly along the highway. It lost control killing 7 members of the troupe instantly gravely...
Topics: Ethnography, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 8, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The human ear needs to be protected from all physical injuries and infections. Infection of the internal ear can cause deafness, vomiting or vertigo. While cautioning people against taking recourse to strange home remedies or consulting quacks, this film shows care of the ear is taken scientifically. It also warns against the harmful noise pollution.
Topics: Developmental, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 14, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film sketches the creative life of Kapil ( the protagonist ) who is a young, talented and one of the very few artists who practices Kutiyattam, a 2000 year old Sanskrit theatre form, part of the temple traditions of Kerala, South India. The film narrativizes the captivating ambience and world of Kutiyattam, through the events in one day of Kapila's life. It will be interspersed with pages from her life as a normal modern...
Topics: Art and Culture, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 9, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This News Magazine shows the highlights of the Prime MInister Shri Atal Behari Vajpayees official visit to Shri Lanka to attend the tenth S.A.A.R.C. sumit held from 29th - 31st July, 1998.
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, News/Reel
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Aug 9, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. In the year 2000 Khajuraho temple completed their thousand years of existence on this occasion there was a year long celebration and various artists from different fields got together to study and discuss the heritage of Khajurajho temples. This film is a record of this great event.
Topics: Archaeology, GoI Films, News/Reel
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Aug 16, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Film shows people of Tripura have been provided with plotted unreserved forested area by “Patta ”, a resolution passed by the parliament in 2006 to distribute land Patta among the people near the forests. These people succeeded in improving quality of the forests.
Topics: Ethnography, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 15, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Faith and religion determines most of the actions of an average Indian. This is exemplified film against the background of Kumbha Mela held once in six year and once every twelve years at the confluence of the rivers Ganga, yamuna and invisible Saraswati.
Topics: Culture, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 17, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. “Rangbhoomi ” follows the film maker as he attempts to trace the contours of Dada Saheb Phalke's life in Varanasi after he withdrew, disillusioned, from the world of cinema and decided to take up theatre. While in Varanasi, Phalke wrote a semi-autobiographical play titled “Rangbhoomi ” which from the core of this cinematic exploration. Set in the visually thrilling landscapes of the old town of Varanasi, the film...
Topics: Art and Culture, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 18, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. It requires great courage and uprightness to fight againstin justice and corruption prevailing in various walks of life. Mohan, in this film, experiences the vicissitudes of the system around.
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 7, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film depicts the activities of the Defence Accounts Department.
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Aug 14, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Soon after India got its independence, it faced the great challenge of joining all scattered princely states into the Union of India. The princely states were of various shapes and sizes. They varied in size from the large states such as Hyderabad and Kashmir to the smallest one which was less than 1 sq. km. in area with annual revenue of Rs.450 only. This film provides an interesting account of how all the princely states...
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 18, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Unfolding the web of thought woven from great diversity of India, this film presents the great Indian heritage of art, culture, religion, et al that mingles with the contemporary national mainstream. It focuses on various folk art traditions.
Topics: Art and Culture, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 17, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This biographical film on danseuse Sonal Mansingh traces her growth as a dancer and provides glimpses of her human qualities. The film not just documents her two decades plus career, but also takes a peek into the character of a person who overcame personal obstacles to become one of India’s foremost dancers. The film depicts Sonal Mansingh as an example of hope for people to identify with across cultures and also...
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 9, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This News Magazine highlights the goodwill visit of President Shri K.R. Narayanan to Austria from 7th to 11th Novemeber, 1999. On way to Austria Shri Narayanan also had a stopover in Munich, Germany.
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, News/Reel
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Aug 16, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This News Magazine is highlighted the President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma's three day's State visit to Romania for enhancing cultural and economic ties between two countries.
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 14, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. A film recording glimpses of the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi's visit to the USSR in 1982.
Topics: Sociology, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 15, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This News Magazine is reportage of Prime Minister Shri. P. V. Narasimha Rao's official visit to Britain from 13-16th March, 1994.
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, News/Reel
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Aug 7, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Abhinaya is a differently abled South-Indian Actress who is both hearing and speech impaired.
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 8, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Dr. U. R. Ananthamurthy, renowned Kannada writer and winner of the Jnanapeeth Award, is a thinker of international repute, also widely recognized for his social activism. The film foregrounds the vision of his fiction and his reflections on Gandhian thought, socialism and diverse cultural issues that are explicated by critics and thinkers who have been interacting with him for several decades.
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 8, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This short film depicts the colourful ceremony of beating the retreat Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. The film is a feast of music provided by the bands of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 13, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Guru Chengannur Raman Pillai, the greatest living exponent of Kathakali was born in Chengannur, a village in Kerala in 1884. He received his early training under Thakazi Kesava Panikkar and Ambalapouza Kunju Krishna Panikkar. Chengannur's figure and face were such that all his roles were endowed with striking beauty. Guru Chengannur has trained generations of great Kathakali artistes in his lifetime. He received the most...
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. On November 9, 1946 Mahatma Gandhi was campaigning in Noakhali to spread the message of tolerance and peace among people affected by religious riots. After independence Gandhiji was deeply pained to see Delhi enveloped in such riots. He went on fast on January 13, 1948. On January 30, 1948 as Gandhiji was going for his regular prayers, he was shot dead by Nathuram Godse. This film shows the time of the Mahatma's martyrdom.
Topics: History and Events, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 15, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film highlights the lives and journeys of surrogate mothers and their struggles with the motherhood.
Topics: Socio - Cultural, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 17, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This is a story in film on the development of gliding in India. Gliding centres have been set up in places like Poona, Banglore etc. and gliders are now being manufactured in India to make gliding cheaper and within the reach of more people.
Topics: Socio - Cultural, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 17, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. A film about the great thumri singer Siddheshwari Devi, who was born on August 8, 1902, breaking all conventional modes of biographical or documentary film making, this film becomes a work of transgression. It transgresses both home and dream. Like a Sufi wanderer, it celebrates the life of exile. No space holds, no truth encompasses, no identity is the final.
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 19, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. India celebrated its three decades of independence in 1977. It has been a great struggle of nation-building after centuries of slavery.
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Aug 9, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Through the eyes of eminent Scholars, Politicians, Historians Social Workers, Journalists and Common man we asses the success and failures during the last 50 years of Independence.
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Aug 18, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. A savings campaign, explains the benefits reaped through the 5-Year Recurring Deposit Scheme.
Topics: Developmental, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 9, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film is about how the citizens are responsible for the garbage that accumulates around the garbage container kept on road. The outside garbage is thrown outside the garbage container. Proper use of garbage container can make our India clean.
Topics: Swachh Bharat, GoI Films, Documentary
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. “Vanishing Glaciers “highlights cause of concern about abnormal melting of glaciers caused due to global warming. Glaciers contribute importantly to water resources in many mountainous regions.
Topics: Environment, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 8, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This T. V. film deals with Mrs. Indira Gandhi's role as Prime Minister of India since January 1966. It was meant to create a proper image of our Prime Minister in Japan before she visited that country in June 1969.
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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Aug 8, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. One of the early documentaries on Satyajit Ray. Here world-renowned Indian film-maker narrates the process of his film making.
Topics: Persons of Eminence, GoI Films, Biography
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The telephone was first invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell.Within seven years of its invention, the telephone exchanges were established in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. By 1907,the central battery was introduced to replace the earliercranking practice. Automatic telephone came to India in 1914 at Simla. The Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) came into beingin 1948, a year after independence. This film presents...
Topics: Developmental, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 14, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Like Jheluml, Raj Begum is unstoppable. Along taboos and tribulations this rebel obstinate ushered in a new freedom for women in Jammu and Kashmir. Raj Begum thawed the long frozen cultural heritage of Kashmir. She is a phenomenon in kashmir valley and has been singing over 5 decades. she reigned supreme from the era when broadcasting was only live. Her first teacher and guide was a pioneer, Qadir Langoo. Raj Begum sang...
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film is reportage of Prime Minister Shri. P. V. Narasimha Rao's two-day official visit to Oman.
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. This is a unique adalat which is held under a neem tree. This Nari Adalat is being conducted by a non government organisation “Mahila Samakhya” which works with local woman in 322 villages of Vadodara district in Gujarat. In this adalat justice is being given to both men and women. This is an outstanding example of what can be done outside formal women and structures.
Topics: Socio - Cultural, GoI Films, News/Reel
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Aug 19, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film depicts the creative instincts of tribal women of Hazaribug in Bihar through the paintings, drawings and sketches done traditionally.
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. “In his lifetime itself Dr. Ram Dayal Munda has become a symbol of indigenous cultural reawakening. Born in an Adivasi family of Tamar in Jharkhand, he went for his higher studies in the United States of America. Later, he taught at the University of Minnesota. He came back to India to teach at Tribal and Regional Language Department of Ranchi University and subsequently become the Vice Chancellor of the same University....
Topics: Education, GoI Films, Documentary
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. “The News Magazine highlights the SSC Examination results in Maharashtra. It depicts the success stories of four students in the State. Master Mangesh Tukaram Mahaskar, a slum dweller from suburb of Bombay scored 96% marks and topped the state merit list. Blind brothers Ghanshyam and Vinod Asudani from Nagpur Division ranked 16th and 17th respectively in the 1988 SSC Examination. Miss. Asha Chandrakant Thete from Thane...
Topics: Advocacy, GoI Films, News/Reel
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Trailing the lives of two men and a woman, Cities of Sleep takes us into the world of different improvised sleeping spaces and night shelters to provide an experimental portrait of a set of unique sleep practices in Delhi.
Topics: Sociology, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 16, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film takes the viewers through the entire journey of creation, from raw material to finished product. It also shows human glimpses into the life of Paithani weavers.
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Aug 16, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Encouraged by her parents and teachers, Pampa could develop her hobby of drawing and painting. At the age of 14 when she reached the ninth standard she had already won many awards for her talents. Through the story of Pampa, this film underlines the message that there are thousands of young boys and girls in India who can do just as well as Pampa in their chosen fields. But they all need some understanding and encouragement....
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film deals with the pine resin industry in India.
Topics: Institutions, GoI Films, Documentary
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Aug 14, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. The film in a nutshell culls out the sterling role played by an aircraft carrier in the Indian naval history. This film beautifully brings to life the historical moments of an advanced battle ship of British royal navy H.M.S. Hercules induction into Indian navy during 1952 as “I.N.S. Vikrant” which later turned out to be the prized possession of our nation. And this film ends how this ship metamorphosed into a museum...
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Aug 8, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. By imposing excise duty on certain goods, the Central Government earns revenue. This film underlines the fact that the central excise is not a tax in the real sense but a contribution made by the public for the general good of the nation. The rate of excise duty is kept at the minimal level in case of the cottage industries, co-operative societies, etc. Certain items such as yarn for handlooms, etc. are also exempted from...
Topics: Developmental, GoI Films, Documentary
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Deep down the Bay of Bengal on an ancient trade route to the Far East, in the Nicobar archipelago lived the Nicobarese. The islands once upon a time were much frequented by passing traders for sojourns. The Nicobarese used to barter coconuts with them for fancies like an old hat or a coat, silk handkerchiefs, sometimes even empty alcohol bottles. In 1956, after being annexed to the Indian state, the Islands came to be...
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. Film on Bhavai-a dying folk art of Gujarat (Dance and Music).
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Aug 7, 2019
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From the Government of India, Ministry of Information, Films Division. India (New Delhi) was the venue of the first Asian Games held in March 1951. Eleven countries sent 489 competitors to these Games. India fielded an athletic contingent of 49 and bagged 10golds, one short of the top performer - Japan. In the wake of the 1951 Asian Games came a renaissance in sports and games as this film reiterates while presenting the history of the Asian Games. New Delhi again becomes the venue of the IX...
Topics: Sports, GoI Films, Documentary
